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Based on the information on that page, only one of those examples of
other-than-7-day weeks is in use today, that being the Javanese 5-day one.
All the others are either clearly no longer used or as in the case of the
Nigerian 4-day week, ambiguous as to their current week.

In contrast, the 7-day week is used worldwide. I don't doubt it would be
very difficult indeed to find a single culture on this planet that doesn't
use the 7-day week - even if they also use a other-than-7-day week.

Regardless, the reason for Lojban going with a 7-day week is simple: The
vast majority, if not the entirety, of the world, has 7 days in their
weeks, which makes things rather simple to decide.

So, to reiterate: It ain't broke. Stop trying to fix it.

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:38 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:

> What about those non-7-day weeks?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week#.22Weeks.22_in_other_calendars
>
> There can be no consistent correspondence for the starting day of the
> week unless we ignore certain calendars with different cycles.
>
> Why would Lojbanistan choose the 7-day week? Because it's an
> international standard, adopted by the ISO? Isn't that adoption on
> hegemonic rather than scientific grounds? Is there any real neutral
> basis for the days of the week of any traditional calendar as there
> are for the length of the Earth's day or year?
>
> I care about which day is "Monday" etc. only as long as other people
> do. Personally, I would be happy to get rid of those traditional time
> units and live by the days of the year: "on the 32nd ... 182nd ...
> 365th" (yes, no months either).
>
> mu'o
>
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Based on the information on that page, only one of those examples of other-=
than-7-day weeks is in use today, that being the Javanese 5-day one. All th=
e others are either clearly no longer used or as in the case of the Nigeria=
n 4-day week, ambiguous as to their current week.<br>
<br>In contrast, the 7-day week is used worldwide. I don&#39;t doubt it wou=
ld be very difficult indeed to find a single culture on this planet that do=
esn&#39;t use the 7-day week - even if they also use a other-than-7-day wee=
k.<br>
<br>Regardless, the reason for Lojban going with a 7-day week is simple: Th=
e vast majority, if not the entirety, of the world, has 7 days in their wee=
ks, which makes things rather simple to decide.<br><br>So, to reiterate: It=
 ain&#39;t broke. Stop trying to fix it.<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:38 AM, tijlan <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jbotijlan@gmail.com">jbotijlan@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
What about those non-7-day weeks?<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week#.22Weeks.22_in_other_calendars=
" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week#.22Weeks.22_in_other_=
calendars</a><br>
<br>
There can be no consistent correspondence for the starting day of the<br>
week unless we ignore certain calendars with different cycles.<br>
<br>
Why would Lojbanistan choose the 7-day week? Because it&#39;s an<br>
international standard, adopted by the ISO? Isn&#39;t that adoption on<br>
hegemonic rather than scientific grounds? Is there any real neutral<br>
basis for the days of the week of any traditional calendar as there<br>
are for the length of the Earth&#39;s day or year?<br>
<br>
I care about which day is &quot;Monday&quot; etc. only as long as other peo=
ple<br>
do. Personally, I would be happy to get rid of those traditional time<br>
units and live by the days of the year: &quot;on the 32nd ... 182nd ...<br>
365th&quot; (yes, no months either).<br>
<br>
mu&#39;o<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>mu&#39;o mi=
&#39;e .aionys.<br><br>.i.e&#39;ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.l=
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<br>

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